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Ivan Ljubicic #4 def. Julien Benneteau #95

6-2 6-2 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jun 9, 2006*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Ivan Ljubicic
Score	6-2 6-2 6-3
Loser	Julien Benneteau
Duration	2h 13m

Stat	Ivan Ljubicic	Julien Benneteau
Aces	13	1
Double faults	0	3
First serve %	57	57
First serve points won %	70	42
Second serve points won %	52	40
Break points saved %	70	11
Break points converted %	89	30
Service points won %	62	41
Return points won %	59	38
Total points won %	61	39

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ivan Ljubicic	Julien Benneteau
Country	CRO	FRA
Birth date	Mar 19, 1979	Dec 20, 1981
Age	27	24
Height	193	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	4	95
Ranking points (entering)	2,610	437
Elo (entering)	1,998	1,797
Career W-L	400–282	269–292
Career earnings	$10,181,121	$9,556,742

Pre-match H2H

Ivan Ljubicic 1 – 1 Julien Benneteau

Path

Ivan Ljubicic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 7, 2006	R16	Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo	6-3 3-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 4, 2006	R32	Juan Monaco	4-6 5-7 6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 2006	R64	Oscar Hernandez	6-3 6-7(7) 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2006	R128	Carlos Berlocq	6-2 6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Ivan Ljubicic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 11, 2006	SF	Rafael Nadal	4-6 2-6 6-7(7)	L	H2H	Match data

Julien Benneteau's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 7, 2006	R16	Alberto Martin	5-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 4, 2006	R32	Radek Stepanek	5-7 7-5 7-6(8) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 2006	R64	Marcos Baghdatis	3-6 6-4 6-3 6-7(1) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2006	R128	Janko Tipsarevic	6-2 6-4 6-7(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data